Superhero

  

When I was a kid I was my own Superhero – I was invincible; until THEY told me I wasn’t.

It took a long time for me to realize that THEY were WRONG.

It’s time for me to be my OWN Superhero again…

How about YOU?

Namasté Matthew
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Perception…

  

Tao Te Ching – Chapter 55

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“Whoever is filled with Virtue is like a new-born child.

Wasps and scorpions will not sting it; snakes and serpents will not bite it; wild animals will not attack it; birds of prey will not swoop down on it.

Its bones are soft, its muscles weak, and yet its grip is firm.

It does not know of male and female union and yet its organ stirs; its vital energy is at its height.

It cries throughout the day and yet is never hoarse; its harmony is at its height.

To know harmony is to know the eternal.

To know the eternal is to know enlightenment.

To speed the growth of life is an omen of disaster; to control the breath by will-power is to overstrain it; to grow too much is to decay.

All this is against the Dao and whatever is against the Dao soon dies.”

– Translated by Tom Chilcott, 2005, Chapter 55

Photo by Rose McEntire 2015

Do Nothing…


Do nothing? I’m all over that 👍

Actually, the true meaning of this Taoist philosophy, is to be at peace with yourself and live in the now.

The stresses of daily life; our obligations, our expectations, our attachments, lead us to imbalance and poor health.

In applying this philosophy, you don’t actually ‘do nothing’, but the things that you do, you do with mindful patience.

When you release expectations and attachments to outcomes, things will get done, naturally, as they should.

Think about it this way: when the seed is planted, it doesn’t fight being planted, it does nothing; it’s a seed and it does not fight that.

The seed doesn’t worry about where it was planted, what it should become, if the wind will come and blow it away, or if the sun will shine upon it; it just does what seeds do.  In this way, the seed ‘does nothing’, yet everything gets done.

Nature is funny like that. When left untouched, things fall into balance and harmony naturally; ‘without doing’. We can learn a lot from nature.

Happy Wednesday and Namasté

Stop and breathe…

I got a flat tire on the lawn mower…uggggg.  All hopes of finishing the lawn begin to fade…  

I stopped, took a few deep breaths. The answer came! I called my Dad 🙂

After a few more deep breaths, I conquered the flat tire! Yay ME!

   
  

 Thank you Dad 🙂
I am blessed and grateful 💜

It takes practice…

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Recently, I’ve been thinking about idea of conscious dreaming. By this I mean, realizing that I’m dreaming, while still in the dream, allowing me to then control the dream.

Great in concept, right? Well, a couple of nights ago, I’m in a room, opening a window and, all of the sudden, it happened! I realized I was dreaming and I was still in the dream! Holy crap! Holy crap! HOLY CRAP! What do I do now?

So first thing that pops into my head is; make a door in the wall, open it, and walk through. Perfect! So I think DOOR, take a step forward, reach out for the soon to be created doorknob, and BAM, run right into the wall.

The next thing I hear is “It takes practice here too…” and I woke up smiling.

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“The End” was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that comprises the majority of side two of the Abbey Road album.

WHY CRYING IS HEALTHY & NECESSARY FOR PERSONAL GROWTH

  
http://thespiritscience.net/2015/08/11/why-crying-is-healthy-necessary-for-personal-growth/

Amazing Lucid Dream 2.16.2015

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2.16.2015 – 11:11am

Happy 46th Birthday to ME!

I just received the GREATEST present in my entire universe…

I had a full-fledged, real, amazing, incredible, LUCID DREAM!!!

It was the most incredible thing I have ever experienced…PERIOD.

I was having a dream and all at once, I just REALIZED I was dreaming…WTF?!? I was just standing around with several other people and BAM, I realized, I am dreaming. I don’t know who they were, but at that point, it really didn’t matter.

I looked around for a few seconds; nobody else seemed to be paying attention to me. I got the biggest smile on my face and just flew away. I was FREE.

At first I was flying over green pastures, but as my thoughts changed to the ocean, the mountains, a beautiful lake, snow covered cliffs…I was there in an instant. The detail was amazing. I could feel the wind on my face, smell the smells, feel the emotions each brought about in me. It was pure heaven.

Soon, I found myself flying over maps. I couldn’t identify specific places, locations, or what they represented, but was fascinated by the detail. I noticed that I had a huge smile on my face. It was pure bliss.

As I continued, I realized that I could look at a spot on the map, choose to stop for a visit, and I would just spiral down into that spot on the map.

Many of the places I visited I do not remember. I would just stop, walk around for a bit and then fly away again.

At my last stop I was in an old house. It was dirty and crowded with people, mostly children wandering around. They seemed lost and disoriented. I talked to some and continued looking around.

I noticed a place on the wall that looked like a tall skinny door. There was no door knob or other means of entry. I was able to open it and it was piled high, almost full, of dirty, dusty, cobweb covered things. I noticed some books and old toys.

Just then a boy came to me and said “that’s Twyla’s”. I asked him, who is Twyla? He took me to a bed and pointed to it and said “that’s Twyla”.

The bed was made of metal; it reminded me of an old hospital style bed. There was a light blue sheet covering the entire bed. I could only see the legs that had wheels on the bottom of them.

I then looked around and noticed the room was filled with tens, maybe hundreds of these beds; all the same; all covered with a light blue sheet.

As I stood at “Twyla’s” bed I wondered what might be under the sheet. I was all at once afraid…curious…and then ready…

As I stood there, the sheet slowly started to be pulled away and what was under the sheet was Twyla; a young black girl. She looked at me and said “I’m Twyla and that’s my stuff”.

I apologized to her for disturbing her things. She turned away.

Only then did I notice how emaciated and frail she was. Her skin was greyish. Her expression was one of sheer despair and hopelessness, her eyes huge.

I looked around again at the many, many beds covered with light blue sheets, just like hers.

When I looked back at Twyla, I could FEEL her pain and fear.

I then told her I COULD help. I reached out my hands to her. She was visibly afraid and moved away from me.

I slowly put one hand on her head and the other on her heart. She immediately relaxed and became very calm.

She closed her eyes for a moment and then her color changed. She looked shinier, healthier, and began to glow with pure white vital energy. A moment later she opened her eyes and gave me the biggest smile I have ever seen…

At that moment I woke up and began sobbing uncontrollable. I just couldn’t stop.

Between the sobs I kept saying aloud “thank you”, “thank you”, “thank you”.

At first it was gratitude to the universe for the experience, but then it was to myself, myself AS the universe…

I WAS THE UNIVERSE AND I WAS GRATEFUL TO ME!

With tears still flowing down my face, I looked at the clock…it was 11:11am.

Happy Birthday to ME!

AMEN!

Namaste’

The Peep-Hole Principle

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You are God

What the hell does that mean? Well, let me explain.

Everything that IS, all that EXISTS, ALL came from a single point of light. You can compare this to a zygote. A zygote is a single cell, capable of dividing asexually, and creating identical offspring.

This single point of light did just that – it divided into two identical points of light.

Being that the original point of light contained all things – ‘all that is’; when it split into two, both contained ‘all that is’ – after all, they ARE identical.

The light continued to divide and multiply exponentially; each new point of light containing ‘all that is’.

The light rejoiced and played and danced.

Within the light of ‘all that is’, lies the potentiality for all things. From the growing light, gasses formed and became dense, creating the ENTIRE Cosmos – all made of these points of light, which ARE the ENTIRETY of ‘all that is’.

As the gasses become denser, they birth stars. The stars are alive; they live and they die. But in their death/renewal, they give birth to brand new THINGS. Planets are formed and begin to orbit their stars – just like protons orbit their nuclei.

The light choreographs the dance of the planets around their suns; the dew on the morning grass; the orbit of every electron around every nucleus in every atom – all in perfect balance and harmony, creating the ebb and flow of the Cosmos.

The light plays and dances. When the light dims it then renews itself in form and function – CONTINUOUSLY. This cycle is eternal, just as the light of ‘all that is’ is eternal.

Although the light is all-knowing, all awareness, ‘all that is’; exactly what has its playing and dancing created? Well…EVERYTHING…and NOTHING, really.

The light just IS.

As the light plays, dances, and creates, it drives the eternal cycles of birth, growth, decay, death, and re-birth – each time, more complex systems are born.

As planets cool and orbits stabilize, balance and harmony emerge.

Perfect balance and harmony spread throughout the entire Cosmos. Through this balance and harmony, more complex and diverse combinations of elements are possible.

The light rejoiced and continued to play and dance and create.

Throughout the Cosmos, new forms of life began to emerge.

The light rejoiced at this and continued playing. The more it played, the more complex it’s creations.

The light, being ‘all that is’, made each and every THING in the Cosmos after its OWN image and of ITSELF. The more it GAVE the more it BECAME.

The light rejoiced and continued playing. The more it played, the more it created; cycle upon cycle.

The light rejoiced.

As the light played and danced and created, a strange thing happened. A NEW light began to emerge WITHIN the light of ‘all that is’. What was this NEW light? This new light was CONSCIOUSNESS.

The light of ‘all that is’ became SELF aware. The light could see ITSELF!

THE LIGHT REJOICED!

Throughout the Cosmos, tiny peep-holes were opening. The light could look upon itself and see pieces of its WHOLE.

All CREATIONS of the light of ‘all that is’, throughout the entire Cosmos, are alive; because the light of ‘all that is’ is alive.

All things CAME from the single point of light of ‘all that is’. ALL IS ONE AND ONE IS ALL. There can be NO other way.

How the Peep-Hole Principle Applies to Humanity

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As humans, we are born of the light. As zygotes we begin to split and divide and BECOME – just like the original point of light.

We are born and another peep-hole opens. From here the light can see itself as it truly is; joyful, playful – unconditional love; in perfect balance and harmony within and without.

As children, we are taught THINGS. Each THING represents a lens or filter, which is placed on our peep-hole.

As we mature, learn, and change, the lenses and filters are constantly added to, adjusted, or removed. In our every thought, every experience, every moment – constant change. These changes represent OUR own unique view of ourselves and everything we know. We ebb and flow with the COSMOS because of these perspective changes.

Our perspectives and beliefs are formed by our experiences. Our experiences are rationalized and understood through OUR Peep-hole lenses and filters. These lenses and filters are passed to us from our parents, teachers, religions, countries, governments, etc.

WE must decide which lenses and filters WE adopt and install on OUR peep-hole. What we then see is our perspective. This ‘perspective’ becomes our beliefs. Our beliefs become our reality.

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Far too often, as children, lenses and filters are installed without our conscious knowledge. As adults, we must take the time to REALLY examine them, question them; test their TRUTH. If we don’t, we are oblivious to their influence over US.

The light rejoices.

Now, the light of ‘all that is’, can see itself through an infinite number of peep-holes, each with its own unique view.

The light plays, dances, and creates.

The Illusion of Time

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Up to this point, the events described are in a rather linear timeline, if you will. The TRUTH is that at the moment the original point light of ‘all that is’ split, everything BECAME. Everything WAS – in that single moment.

That moment, called the NOW, is truly all that exists. There is no past, no future, nothing but the NOW. The NOW was born of a single point of perfect, joyful, playful, unconditional love; the light of ‘all that is’.

The NOW is like the newborn baby, untarnished, loving, and pure…PERFECT.

When we are born, the possibilities of OUR each and every NOW are limitless and unbounded. Our peep-holes are without filter or lenses. Then as we grow, our experiences birth our beliefs and we start installing our lenses and filters.

It is our EXPERIENCES that we view as the past. Experience is but a teacher; of pleasure and pain, of joy and sorrow, of good and bad, of right and wrong. We also learn guilt, shame, fear, and self-worth. Depending on your lenses and filters, YOUR past can be a blessing or a curse.

Our desires, hopes, and dreams form our VISION of the future. Our EXPERIENCES again birth expectations of what OUR future will be if we do this…or if we do that…

Both the past and future are ILLUSIONS. It is our lenses and filters that convince us they are real.

There is only the NOW.

From OUR perspective, time must exist. We need it to help understand, rationalize, and hold on to what we see through our peep-hole.

Our senses allow us to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch the world around us. Our perspectives and beliefs tell us what we find.

The more lenses and filters we have installed, the more we suffer. The more we block the ONENESS OF THE LIGHT of ‘all that is’, the more we live from a place of fear.

Examine your filters and lenses. Do this by re-examining what you believe and what you KNOW.

Rip apart your beliefs, turn them inside out, stretch them, twist them, burn them, and cut them into tiny pieces. Do this often. Throw away the pieces that fail the test of TRUTH – rebuild from what’s left. Only YOU can do this…it’s YOUR peep-hole.

As lenses and filters are examined in this way, you’ll find that many of them no longer serve your highest good. The more you discard, the more you see the TRUE light of ‘all that is’. In this way you can more fully live…in the NOW.

What Does All of This Really Mean?

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It means, my dear brothers and sisters, that WE have free access to the NOW…always. What you do with it is up to you…

You can start by examining your lenses and filters. Question them, test them, adjust or remove them. You, ONLY YOU, can discover what is TRUTH, and what is FEAR-based.

Adjust the view from your peep-hole and your beliefs and perspective change – and that changes EVERYTHING.

Keep the truth and discard the fear. Send the fear back to the light of ‘all that is’ with unconditional love.

And the LIGHT Rejoiced!

As the light saw itself through each peep-hole, it rejoiced at itself.

It matters not to the light of ‘all that is’, what it sees. Each peep-hole, no matter the view, is perfect. It is a unique and different look at itself. The light of ‘all that is’ doesn’t judge, compare, or favor one view over another…the light just IS.

WE, the peep-hole keepers, or PEOPLE, for short, reflect back the image of the light of ‘all that is’ onto OURSELVES.

AND THE LIGHT REJOICES!

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